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LOT 1337
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure Group
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (37.2 grams, 84 mm).
Modelled in the half-round on a low conical base, three stylised beaked heads with pointillé headdresses.
Provenance
Ex private collection, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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